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Production Of Protactinium-229 Via Deuteron Irradiation Of Thorium-232, Naser Burahmah
Production Of Protactinium-229 Via Deuteron Irradiation Of Thorium-232, Naser Burahmah
Doctoral Dissertations
225Ac [Actinium-225] is a promising radionuclide for targeted alpha therapy of cancer. 229Pa can lead to the production of 229Th [Thorium-229] and 225Ac [Actinium-225]. Deuteron bombardment on natural thorium targets has been investigated to measure cross sections of protactinium isotopes. In this work, 229Pa [Protactinium-229] excitation function was measured via deuteron energies up to 50 MeV [Mega electron volt] of thin thorium foils. The irradiation took place at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory’s (LBNL) 88-Inch Cyclotron. The target processing and analysis were performed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). The target consisted of 4 thin foils …
Actinium-225 Production Via Proton Irradiation Of Thorium-232, Justin Reed Griswold
Actinium-225 Production Via Proton Irradiation Of Thorium-232, Justin Reed Griswold
Doctoral Dissertations
High energy proton spallation reactions on natural thorium metal targets have been utilized to produce multi mCi [milliCurie] quantities of Actinium-225. Theoretical cross sections for actinium and thorium isotopes as well as for a select number of the fission products produced in these reactions were generated by the Monte Carlo radiation transport code PHITS to simulate the experimental data obtained from sixteen irradiations of thorium metal targets with 25-210 µA [microampere] proton beams ranging in energies from 77 to 192 MeV. Irradiations were conducted at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) and Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), while target dissolution and processing …